After tracking his cell phone to his car in the campground's parking lot, officers from Mahwah, Bergen County and the State Police — utilizing police dogs, helicopters and heat sensors — set off to find Patrick Cannon, 42, of Rochelle Park, according to the report. A friend had called police to say that Cannon, a 22-year police veteran, had ingested a cocktail of over-the-counter drugs.

Cannon was eventually found lying on the ground, passing in and out of consciousness, the report said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and is in stable condition.